Usually there is 1 per 100 voters. Most Dem precincts had 5 voting machines in the Ohio Primary. Election Day they had 3 voting machines with 1 voting machine that usually broke down. Some poor old lady had to try and fix machine while people were standing in line for hours of course. In Kenyon College there were 2 machines for 1,300 voters. That's why those heroic American citizens stood in line until 3 in the morning.

Source: Counselor Petroikas (sp) Election Protection Attorney in Ohio on Election day as he told Cliff Kelley on public affairs program in Chicago WVAZ-FM 6-8 CST Sunday, November 14, 2004.

2. I noticed the same thing in New Orleans vs. the outlying suburbs...

New Orleans is overwhelmingly Democratic, yet New Orleans was chosen over the richer, more industrial areas for the newer model machines: the AVC model. The lines of people waiting to vote were horrendously long.

I found it odd that New Orleans was chosen for these new voting machines, rather than areas in the suburbs that are broken down to handle a more steady flow of voters.

I was able to get a list of all the parishes' numbers of precincts, numbers of machines, & the types of machines used in each, but the most valuable information - how many registered Democrats/Republicans are in each parish - is nowhere to be found.

Whoever is responsible for anyone waiting in line 7 hrs shouldn't have a job. I personally know of elderly people who's absentee ballot wasn't recieved so they were told to fill out a provisional ballot, but because of health problems this was impossible for them to do. I'm sick to death of the tatics Blackwell has performed suppressing the rights that people have to vote. I hope justice is returned to him.

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